SIGA Sport Integrity Forum draws high-profile support
Rome, Italy: Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) received messages of support from a number of high-profile personalities including UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, at the third edition of Sport Integrity Forum.
The Forum built on the success of the previous editions and brought together an even greater array of high profile and prominent speakers from sport, government, international and regional organisations, civil society and the commercial and professional service sectors. The purpose of the Forum was to identify solutions and determine the most effective reforms required to address the grave problems facing the international sports movement.
Throughout the Forum it was acknowledged that while serious problems exist, progress is being made and by working together solutions can be found.
UEFA President Ceferin, who delivered a keynote address by video, also outlined the positive reforms UEFA has made to protect the integrity of European football and concluded that “collectively we must seek to find solutions instead of castigating inaction that perpetuates the problem. We count on all you.”
Speaking after the forum, SIGA Chairman Franco Frattini said: “Sport has the power to bring people closer together, reduce tension and can help diplomacy take the place of war and conflict. This is the message we launched in Rome. We intend to fight for the independence and neutrality of sport. We want to ensure that only the spirit and purity of sports positive values prevail.
Our SIGA coalition is only as strong as our members and supporters and as we saw at the Sport Integrity Forum we have the support of governments, sports institutions, individuals, companies and free citizens. All those who recognise in themselves the message we sent out from Rome, that by working together and setting aside differences sport can repair its reputation and regain
people’s trust,” he said.
The Forum held at the National Olympic Committee of Italy (CONI) headquarters in Rome, was opened by CONI President Giovanni Malago, President of Anti-Corruption National Authority of Italy Raffaele Cantone, SIGA Chairman Franco Frattini, and Minister of Sport of Italy Luca Lotti.
